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Friday, 14 October 2016

"The Vestiges Of Kaduna Mafia Must Not Kill Aisha Buhari"

This very interesting article by Bamidele Ademola-Olateju about First
Lady Aisha Buhari and the drama going on underneath is currently
trending. Recall that Mrs Buhari had, in an interview with BBC Hausa said
that people who did not share the vision of the ruling All Progressives
Congress (APC) were now appointed to top posts because of the influence
a "few people" wield.

Read below...

Yesterday, Hajo Sani made preparations to leave
Nigeria by British Airways to underscore her undue supervisory role over
Aisha and be the chaperon again! She wasn't with Aisha when she gave
the BBC interview, she's scrambling to go to London before Aisha
proceeds to Brussels and say more stuff. They are angry as hell and are
smarting from the exposé. Unfortunately for them, they cannot prevent
BBC from airing the remaining part of the interview tomorrow and we are
waiting with bated breath to hear it and to read it.

Buhari is a thorough Northern conservative who loves his wife. His
winning the election changed all that as power mongers encircled him and
stifled his wife. Aisha must have had it up to her neck and totally
exasperated before she spilled it all out in London. My sources told me
the influence of Hajo dates back to when Buhari married Aisha. Hajo was
like the supervisory guide her. After she grew and carved her own niche
and the husband won the presidency, the cabal engineered Hajo as her SA
to cage her. There is no love lost between them. Hajo at about 10 years
older is very overbearing. They hate each other like satan and Angel
Michael - bare knuckle hatred. Hajo was a minister under Abacha. Like
people with her kind of mold, she hugs power like bodysuit. The BBC
interview was not a mistake. She has been totally encircled an alienated
from her husband with Hajo usurping her role. She had to spill her
frustrations and prod her husband to leave a legacy.

How does this concern you and I? The same poweful forces who emasculated
Yar'Ardua are back in business. Kingibe is back! Imagine! Hajo sanni,
Gen monguno NSA, Abba kyari and the big Cahuna - Mamman Daura. One of my
sources this morning told me; "there is nothing human about Mamman
Daura. He is evil. He does not talk. Nigeria cannot progress if he is
alive and near Buhari." I was shaken!

Who is Mamman Daura? Why is he very powerful? Mamman Daura is one of the
vestigial remains of the Kaduna Mafia. A dying breed whose grip on
power receded after the death of Abacha. The origins of the Kaduna mafia
revolves around the demise of the first republic. The loss of many
Northern leaders in the 1966 coup prodded a group of Northern civil
servants to rally around and oppose the new government of General Aguiyi
Ironsi. The group, a diverse mixture of aristocrats and civil servants
were predominantly Muslim and based in Kaduna.

Many of its members were educated at the famous Barewa College in Zaria,
and had demonstrated a certain level of managerial competence in
comparison to some of their older contemporaries. They were known for
their intelligence, commitment to the traditional values and
socio-political interests of Northern Nigeria. Members were involved in
varied aspects of the Nigerian nation, they were bank directors,
ministers, military colonels and owners of business; their main
differentiating symbol was the prominence of economic interest as a
driving factor in their activities.

The group thrived on an elaborate network of power alliances among
northern aristocrats and government sympathizers who favored the groups
pro-northern and Islamic bent. Famous members and allies includes Adamu
Ciroma, Mamman Daura, Ibrahim Tahir, Mahmud Tukur, Gen.Shehu Musa
Yar'Adua and Muhammadu Buhari. Unfortunately, as time revealed, they all
departed from the ideals championed by Sir Ahmadu Bello. They looked
after themselves and cared less about the people they had planned to
protect. It was all about power. By the 1980's Buhari took a
nationalistic view with a mission to restore values and put Nigeria
straight. He did not hesitate to jail anyone from anywhere. His
reputation as a patriot and lover of Nigeria as an indivisible entity
emanated from there. He burnished his credentials by decisively
destroying the Maitatsine sect and putting Islamic extremism out of the
North until Babagida happened to us.

Can Buhari be trusted to take the necessary step to retrieve Nigeria
from the grip of his uncle - Mamman Daura? I am not sure. He once
withdrew Mamman Daura's aides, revoked his security and instructed them
not to allow him into Aso Rock. Somehow, Mamman Daura found his way back
and became more virulent. A grip on Buhari by Daura is a grip on
Nigeria. Can Buhari be trusted to do the needful? I don't think so.

We must help him. He is helpless and totally caged! He cannot transcend
the old order. His wife is way ahead of him on this and she wants her
husband's name in gold. The BBC interview
is a cry for help. For Aisha to take that step in a conservative
Islamic family is an unusual step. To do it in London is very telling.
It is a very bold, courageous and calculated step. I respect her
courage. This morning, my sources fear for her life in the hands of this
cabal. We must let them know that Aisha must not be silenced. She must
not be killed. Those around Buhari are great power mongers with careless
disregard for Nigeria. Just power for its own sake. Power that has not
translated into anything for the teeming Northern youths and Nigerians
in general.

My friends, let us galvanise the social media against Mamman Daura and
his thieving factotum - Abba Kyari. Let us draw international attention
to them and pressure them out of Aso Rock. We did it with "We Are Ready"
campaign for the 2015 elections. We must do it again. Please share this
update. #AishaBuhariMustNotBeSilenced